[World 5] Chapter 137

　　Jiang Mu looked at Murong Heng in shock, and said in panic, "Your Majesty?"

　　"What? Are you going to continue deceiving me? Your appearance is different now, but I dream about your eyes every night. I will never forget them."

　　Jiang Mu's eyes were red, and crystal clear tears filled them. She looked sad, and choked up as she called out, "Your Majesty."

　　"Have you known for a long time that I'm the emperor?" There was anger and pity in Murong Heng's eyes.

　　Jiang Mu nodded slowly, "Yeah."

　　"Why don't you tell me the truth? Why have you been hiding it from me?" Murong Heng put his arms around her shoulders and shook her.

　　Jiang Mu shook her head with difficulty, "I... I can't say."

　　Murong Heng hugged her tightly and pressed her against his chest.

　　"You are such a silly woman. Even if you told me, I can protect you. Don't you believe me?"

　　Jiang Mu cried and shook his head, "No, I just don't want to make things difficult for you. I... I'm not worth it."

　　Murong Heng shouted angrily, "Who said you are not worthy?"

　　Jiang Mu: "I... I can't let the emperor turn against the prince because of me. I would rather... leave alone."

　　Murong Heng: "Can you please stop being so stupid? Can you think about yourself? Will you be happy if you stay with fourth brother? Don't you think I don't know how he treated you in the past few years?"

　　Jiang Mu's tears burst out, and she bit her lip as she looked at Murong Heng, crying like a tearful person.

　　Murong Heng was originally a little angry, but when he saw Jiang Mu's appearance at this moment, how could he bear to be angry? He felt so distressed that he hugged Jiang Mu and coaxed her softly, his voice not as serious as before.

　　"Don't cry."

　　How could Jiang Mu not cry? In order to make Murong Heng feel sorry for her, she cried even harder.

　　A beautiful woman is beautiful when she sheds tears, let alone the beauty you love.

　　He gently wiped away Jiang Mu's tears, hugged her and said, "Don't be sad. From now on, I will never let you suffer any more grievances."

　　Jiang Mu said: "But I... I am still Murong Yan's wife."

　　Murong Heng said in a deep voice: "From today on, you are only my woman, and no longer someone else's wife."

　　Jiang Mu looked at him blankly.

　　Murong Heng said: "Don't worry, I will make arrangements. You just stay in the palace. Give me some time and I will give you an explanation."

　　Jiang Mu: "But... but, Your Majesty, what are you going to do?"

　　Murong Heng: "Don't worry about it. You just need to stay by my side peacefully."

　　…..

　　When Murong Yan came back from his work, he found out that Jiang Mu had been taken to the palace and had not returned for the whole day.

　　He immediately sent people to the palace to inquire, but got no news. They only said that Jiang Mu was doing well in the palace and told him not to worry.

　　Murong Yan was suspicious. It was impossible for Jiang Mu to stay in the palace and not want to come back, so she could only be kept back by the nobles in the palace. However, the royal concubine and Jiang Mu had never had any contact before, so there was no friendship at all, and it was not like she was reluctant to let Jiang Mu leave. Moreover, it was very strange to suddenly call Jiang Mu to the palace.

　　The more Murong Yan thought about it, the more puzzled he found it. The next morning, he went to the palace to ask for an audience with the imperial concubine, wanting to know why Jiang Mu was in the palace.

　　However, when he went to the imperial concubine's palace to ask for an audience, the imperial concubine said that she was not feeling well and could not see guests, and refused to let him in.

　　Murong Yan's suspicion grew even stronger. Since the imperial concubine was ill, why did she keep Jiang Mu?

　　Murong Yan couldn't break into the imperial concubine's bedroom without permission, so he could only go to the emperor to ask about the situation.

　　Who knew that the emperor wouldn't see him either.

　　Only then did Murong Yan confirm that something must have happened to Jiang Mu.

　　Murong Yan knelt at the gate of Chengqian Palace and insisted on seeing Murong Heng.

　　He knelt for two hours before Murong Heng finally let him in.

　　After meeting Murong Heng, Murong Yan first exchanged a few polite words and then asked about Jiang Mu's whereabouts, saying that there was something going on at home and he wanted to take Jiang Mu back.

　　Murong Heng had been silent the whole time. After Murong Yan had said a lot, he finally spoke, "This is a divorce letter. Please sign it. After you sign it, you will be divorced from Jiang Mu."

　　Murong Yan was shocked. He didn't understand what Murong Heng meant.

　　"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

　　Murong Heng: "It means literally that you have no feelings for Jiang Mu anyway, so divorce is just what you want."

　　Murong Yan didn't understand why Murong Heng suddenly said that. This was his family affair. When did he ask others to worry about it? But the other party was the emperor. He could only hold back his anger and whispered, "Your Majesty, I don't want to divorce. Jiang Mu and I are willing. What your Majesty said is all in the past."

　　Murong Heng frowned and looked at Murong Yan coldly, "You mean, you don't want to?"

　　Murong Yan could tell Murong Heng was unhappy, but thinking of Jiang Mu, he still looked up and looked directly at Murong Heng, "Your Highness...I don't want to."

　　His voice was low but firm, as if he had made a great decision.

　　Since Murong Heng ascended the throne, he has never rebelled against him. Regardless of whether he is dissatisfied with Murong Heng's decisions or not, he will compromise.

　　But this time, he couldn't do it.

　　He don't want to either.

　　If it were ten days ago, he might have signed the divorce agreement without hesitation, but now, he can't.

　　After being apart from Jiang Mu for these two days, he truly realized that he had fallen in love with Jiang Mu.

　　He can't leave her.

　　Maybe Jiang Mu is the woman who loves him the most in the world. No other woman can do as well as Jiang Mu.

　　Murong Heng was also surprised when he heard his answer.

　　It was obvious that Murong Yan didn't love Jiang Mu at all, so why did he suddenly act like he was deeply in love with her?

　　What went wrong?

　　Murong Heng thought about what happened that night. Jiang Mu clearly gave her virginity to him, which showed that Murong Yan had indeed not touched Jiang Mu in the past few years.

　　If Murong Yan really fell in love with Jiang Mu, it would have happened recently.

　　What's happening these days?

　　Murong Heng looked at Murong Yan coldly, "You said you and she are in love with each other?"

　　Murong Yan said seriously: "That's right, my brother and the princess love each other and don't want to be separated, please don't separate us, Your Majesty."

　　Murong Heng's eyes became colder and colder. He sneered, "Separate you? Are you saying that I'm separating the couple?"

　　Murong Yan lowered his head and said nothing, which was considered as his agreement.

　　Murong Heng laughed twice, "Okay, then I want to see how you two really like each other."

　　Murong Yan was confused and didn't understand what Murong Heng meant.

　　Murong Heng raised his voice and said, "Someone, go and invite Jiang Mu over."

　　Jiang Mu lived in Murong Heng's bedroom yesterday, and they were affectionate last night. After many days, Murong Heng tasted Jiang Mu's charm and tenderness again and loved her even more. But at this time, Murong Yan was unwilling to divorce.

　　Even if you don't want to, you have to divorce.

　　He had already asked Jiang Mu, and she and Murong Yan had never been husband and wife.

　　She had given up on Murong Yan a year ago, otherwise she would not have given herself to him.

　　And it was Jiang Mu's own wish to stay in the palace instead of returning to the palace.

　　She said that she didn't want to see Murong Yan again, and hoped that the emperor could help her divorce Murong Yan directly, so that they could go their separate ways from then on.

　　So Murong Heng still thought that Murong Yan's arrival today would put an end to this matter.

　　Who knew that Murong Yan was actually unwilling and even said that they were in love with each other.

　　Then let's ask Jiang Mu to come out and explain it clearly.

　　Murong Heng also didn't want his brother to covet his woman.

　　…..

　　When Jiang Mu saw the eunuch beside Murong Heng coming to invite her, she knew it was Murong Yan who came.

　　Murong Yan would not be willing to divorce.

　　She guessed it too.

　　So this side is definitely something that must be seen.

　　The eunuch was Murong Heng's personal servant, so he naturally knew that Princess Cheng and the emperor slept together last night. He was very respectful to Jiang Mu, but when he lowered his head, he couldn't help but look at what kind of charm this Princess Cheng had.

　　She even made the emperor and the prince fight for her.

　　You should know that the relationship between the emperor and the prince has always been very good and they have never had a quarrel.

　　However, this Princess Cheng was indeed a beauty, and even the imperial concubines in the palace were slightly inferior to her.

　　…..

　　Jiang Mu came to the Qianqing Palace and Murong Yan was still kneeling on the ground.

　　Murong Heng sat upstairs, looking down at the memorial, as if he didn't see it.

　　The moment Jiang Mu walked in, both of their eyes fell on her at the same time.

　　"Your Majesty, your servant, pays respect to the Emperor."

　　Murong Heng frowned, thinking that her attitude was a little cold, but this was in public after all, so she had to pay attention to etiquette, unlike when they were alone and could be more casual.

　　"Get up."

　　Jiang Mu stood up slowly.

　　Murong Yan couldn't help but call her: "Mu'er, are you okay?"

　　Jiang Mu didn't look at him, but raised her head to look at Murong Heng.

　　"I don't know why the emperor asked me to come here."

　　"My fourth brother is unwilling to sign the divorce papers and claims that he and you are in love. I asked you to come and ask if this is true."

　　Murong Yan felt that Murong Heng's tone sounded strange, as if there was some unusual relationship between him and Jiang Mu.

　　Murong Yan looked at Jiang Mu, his eyes were full of love, but Jiang Mu had a cold expression on her face and didn't even look at him.

　　This made his heart tremble, and he had a bad feeling.

　　"The prince and I have no romantic feelings for each other. The prince only has the concubine in his heart. Maybe the prince just feels embarrassed."

　　Jiang Mu's tone was calm, but every word he said pierced Murong Yan's heart.

　　"Mu'er... you, what are you talking about?"

　　Murong Yan looked at Jiang Mu in disbelief, his eyes wide open, as if he didn't recognize the woman in front of him.

　　Jiang Mu finally looked at him, her eyes cold and ruthless, "My Lord, isn't what I said the truth? Do you remember what you said to me the night I entered the mansion and married you three years ago?"

　　Murong Yan had forgotten it long ago.

　　But his heart-piercing words that day were deeply engraved in the original owner's heart and became her deepest pain.

　　"You said that you and I would never be a real couple in this life, and that you already had someone else in your heart, so I shouldn't have any hope and shouldn't try to get any affection from you."

　　When Jiang Mu said this, her tone was calm and her expression was indifferent, as if she no longer cared about these words.

　　She had neither hatred nor love for Murong Yan.

　　Murong Yan remembered that he seemed to have said something like this, and he said a lot in the past three years.

　　Whenever Jiang Mu pounced on him, he would push her away with cold words. Why had he never thought that those words could be so hurtful?

　　When Jiang Mu said this at this moment, it was like cutting his heart with a knife.

　　He was shaking with pain and couldn't speak.

　　"Why? Did the prince forget?"

　　Jiang Mu looked at Murong Yan and slowly smiled.

　　Her smile did not make Murong Yan feel warm at all, but instead made him feel like he was in a cold ice cellar.

　　Murong Yan said bitterly: "I remember, but... that was all in the past. I have changed now."

　　Jiang Mu showed a surprised expression, "Now? What's the use of it now..."

　　She smiled again after she finished speaking, and then looked at Murong Heng, "Your Majesty, I request that Your Majesty order me to divorce Prince Cheng. If Prince Cheng is unwilling, I can shave my head and become a nun, or ask for a divorce."

　　Murong Yan found it hard to believe that such words would come out of Jiang Mu's mouth.

　　She... she was actually willing to do this just to be separated from him?

　　But... aren't they fine these days?

　　Are those all fake?

　　"But we are already husband and wife. We have already consummate." Murong Yan was so heartbroken that he couldn't bear it any more.

　　He looked at Jiang Mu, with pain flashing in his eyes.

　　He didn't believe it. Was their happiness these days all fake?

　　Jiang Mu: "Your Highness, what are you talking about? We have never consummate, so how can we be worthy of the name being husband and wife?"

　　Murong Yan stood up suddenly and said impulsively, "That night, the night Huan Ruo's child was gone, we consummate. Can you forget that?"

　　Jiang Mu frowned and said in surprise: "Your Highness may have remembered it wrongly. That night, we just slept in our clothes and nothing happened."

　　"Impossible, how could I remember it wrong? That night was your first time, how could this be false?"

　　Jiang Mu looked at Murong Yan for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty must have remembered it wrongly. That is not my first time."

　　Murong Yan's face turned pale, and he looked at her in disbelief: "What did you say?"